Enjoy the ride!

If you start looking at upgrading, KevCentral on YouTube does a lot of reviews of budget bikes and does a pretty good job of covering what they can and can't do and has looked at low-cost options for air fork & shock upgrades:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mxl2kDiu-Ls_m7dR5qjtw

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For some smaller things to start:

• Pedals - pedals with a bigger platform and metal pins will grip your shoes much better
  • Rockbros - $20-25 (depending on sales)
  • https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07PD9Y5D6/
• Stem - shorter stem gives more responsive steering. Usually (but not always) tends to go along with wider handlebars.
  • Look at reviews and try something in the 35-45mm range - $10-20:
  • https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=35+bike+stem&i=sporting&rh=p_85%3A2470955011&s=price-asc-rank

ROCKBROS Mountain Bike Pedals Nylon Composite Bearing 9/16" MTB Bicycle Pedals with Wide Flat Platform https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PD9Y5D6/

Rockbros Nylon pedals. Sometimes you can find them under different names for pretty cheap. I think I got some on alibaba for like $10 a pair and so I bought 3 pairs.

Bearings are kinda crap. You'll get a few years out of them.

Nice thing about these is you can adjust the pin depth, so you can, if desired, make the pins barely stick out. That'll save shins.

Here's the links to both.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D66NDS3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_eWGbGbG402C3G?psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PD9Y5D6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_AWGbGb30PYVQV